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A Hallandale Beach bicyclist in his 60s or 70s died Thursday night after a bus ran over him while he was exiting the parking lot of a Walmart, police and fire officials said. The bicyclist exited the store's parking lot and struck the side of a Broward County bus in the 2500 block of East Hallandale Beach Boulevard at about 8:30 p.m., Hallandale Beach Police Capt. Thomas Honan said. The bus was nearly past the bicyclist when he struck it near its rear door, Honan said. The man "fell underneath the bus, and the bus ran him over," Honan said.

A bicyclist who was struck by a vehicle over the weekend while riding across Sample Road in Coral Springs has died, police said Tuesday. Michael Fish, 40, of Tamarac, was struck by the car at about 8 a.m. Saturday as he pedaled north across Sample Road at the intersection with Turtle Creek Drive, police said. Fish died from his injuries the next day while hospitalized at North Broward Medical Center. Police identified Anthony Pennachio, 28, of Coral Springs, as the driver of the 2008 Infiniti that struck Fish.

A bicyclist was taken to a hospital on Tuesday after he collided with a hotel shuttle bus near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, officials said. Safaite Pierre, 60, of Dania Beach, was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital, where he was treated and released the same day, according to hospital spokeswoman Marla Oxenhandler. The accident happened about 6 a.m. at Griffin and Ravenswood roads, just west of Interstate 95. Pierre's bicycle lay on the roadway as investigators studied the scene just outside the entrance to a Homewood Suites Hotel.

A 60-year-old bicyclist is in critical condition after a car struck him in Pompano Beach, officials said Wednesday. Herivolton Alves, whose city of residence wasn't available, was seriously injured Monday morning when, according to witnesses, he went into the path of a Hyundai Sonata on West Sample Road. Alves was taken to North Broward Medical Center, where he remains, said hospital spokeswoman Lyn Clark. Charges won't be filed against the driver, who stayed at the scene and spoke with deputies, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting of a bicyclist west of West Palm Beach late Wednesday. The victim was riding his bicycle in the 5900 block of Haverhill Road and was shot in the torso between 9:45 and 10:10 p.m., the Sheriff's Office said. The man rode his bike less than a mile away to the 2500 block of S. Canterbury Avenue in Riviera Beach before getting medical assistance. He was transported to St. Mary's Medical Center and underwent surgery late Wednesday..

Police are investigating a fatal collision between a bicyclist and a car that happened over the weekend. Jeffrey Lee Howard, 52, of Hollywood was killed Sunday at 7:38 a.m. at the intersection of Taft Street and North 66th Avenue, police said. Howard was riding a bicycle northbound on 66th Avenue when the driver of a Volvo was traveling west on Taft Street, Hollywood Police Lt. Nicole Coffin said. Howard was pronounced dead at the scene. The Volvo's driver remained at the crash site and was "completely cooperative," Coffin said.

The bicyclist who was shot in the parking lot of a Lauderdale Lakes strip mall Tuesday night has been identified as Gerry Metayer, 20, a resident of the city, the Broward Sheriff's Office said Wednesday afternoon. Metayer suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound and remained in Broward Health Medical in critical condition, the Sheriff's Office said. Authorities were called shortly before 9 p.m. about a shooting at 2536 N. State Road 7 and arriving deputies found the wounded Metayer who, investigators say, was riding a bicycle when he was shot.

A man riding a bicycle was struck by a vehicle Thursday morning, officials said. The accident happened shortly before 10 a.m. at the intersection of East Sunrise Boulevard and Flagler Drive. According to city fire-rescue spokesman Matt Little, the man was taken to Broward General Medical Center. The extent of his injuries was not known. The driver of the car was not hurt. Late Thursday, Fort Lauderdale police were investigating a second accident, on West Broward Boulevard at Eighth Avenue, in which a car struck either a pedestrian or bicyclist.

A man riding his bicycle was killed early Tuesday morning in a collision with a car, police said. The accident occurred about 6 a.m. on a northbound lane along the 1500 block of Flamingo Road approaching Sunrise Boulevard, causing northbound traffic to be diverted for about three hours. The bicyclist, whose identity was not released, was pronounced dead at the scene, said Lt. Brian Gerity, a spokesman for Sunrise police. Police said the woman driving the white sedan involved in the crash was not injured.

A man riding his bike north on Northwest First Place near downtown Miami around lunchtime Wednesday was chased by three men, one of whom shot him in the left buttocks, leaving him sprawled on the pavement in pain. The cyclist, in his 20s, was taken to Ryder Trauma Center. A police officer on the scene said the shooting victim was conscious and talking. Read more of the story at MiamiHerald.com.